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This volume commemorates the ten years of the eruption of Arab Spring protests. It captures some of the prevailing political, economic, strategic and social issues in MENA.
List of contents
1. Introduction 2. Saudi Arabia after the Arab Spring 3. Exploring the Nexus between Democratisation, Authoritarianism and Patriarchy in Iran and Saudi Arabia 4. Al-Azhar as a Key Player in Countering the Radical Ideology of Global Jihad 5. Gulf Think Tanks and Regional Security Policy after 2011 6. The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia 7. (Un)Development Effects of Real Estate Boom in Egypt after the Arab Uprising 8. Arab Spring and Arms Trade in MENA 9. Lebanon’s 17 October Revolution, WhatsApp and Mass Mobilisation 10. The Arab Spring and Extremism among Sunni Minorities in Iran 11. Digitalisation of Conflict and Cooperation in the Middle East 12. The Shadow Line: Turkey and the Arab Spring 13. Narratives on Arab World in Turkish Academic Discourse: Publications of State-Centric Institutions 14. China Foreign Policy in Middle East and North Africa after the Arab Spring 15. Bear Hug: Russia’s Return to the Middle East 16. India and the Arab Spring
About the author
Md. Muddassir Quamar is Associate Fellow at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, and holds a Ph.D. in Middle East studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has a wider research interest in politics and societies in the Arabian Gulf, political Islam, Middle East strategic affairs, and India’s relations with the Middle East. Among other books and monographs, Dr. Quamar is the author of Education System in Saudi Arabia: Of Change and Reforms (2021)and co-author of India’s Saudi Policy: Bridge to the Future (2019). More than a dozen of his research papers have appeared in international refereed journals besides he has contributed over 20 chapters for edited volumes. In 2014-15, he was Visiting Fellow at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh. Dr. Quamar has been associated with the MEI@ND in various honorary capacities since its inception in 2010.
Summary
This volume commemorates the ten years of the eruption of Arab Spring protests. It captures some of the prevailing political, economic, strategic and social issues in MENA.
